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Bronxville reports sizable municipal emissions cuts; Green Committee outlines next steps including DPW solar and building upgrades
Summary
The village’s Green Committee told trustees the municipality has reduced municipal greenhouse gas emissions since a 2018 baseline and laid out projects — including streetlight conversion, energy-management systems and a proposed solar array at the Department of Public Works — that would deepen cuts toward state targets.
Bronxville’s Green Committee reported measurable reductions in municipal greenhouse gas emissions and presented projects that committee members say would push the village close to New York State climate targets.
Carol Upsher, a Green Committee volunteer who compiled the updated inventory, told the Board of Trustees that municipal emissions for village operations dropped by about 19% between the committee’s 2018 baseline and 2023, and that the village has already achieved major savings from its streetlight conversion and other steps. Upsher said the village’s streetlight electricity use fell 74% and that overall municipal electricity consumption dropped from just over 1,000,000 kilowatt-hours to roughly 560,000 kilowatt-hours between the earlier baseline and 2023.
The committee framed those changes as the result…
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